Self-help in a rural water project.
Measures taken to improve water supplies in four Indonesian villages are described. Women played a leading part and both they and their children, as bearers of water, benefited significantly when the scheme came to fruition. Increased vegetable production and better health were among other gains accruing to the communities.
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Programme for the Promotion of the Role of Women in Water and Environmental Sanitation Systems (PROWWESS), United Nations Development Programme, New York, NY 10017.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D012380:Role; D012423:Rural Health; D014881:Water Supply / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology